Farmer’s
Market Update
July 23, 2009
We all had a wonderful time at the Farmer’s Market
and were able to raise about $300 for the church! Because
of the weather being so warm, the traffic wasn’t
as great as we were hoping, but I’m sure that as
we move into August and September we’ll see more
traffic and we’ll be able to sell even more of our
wonderful goodies! Please take a look at the attached
pictures that we took throughout the afternoon!
So
many people helped out and I hope that I don’t leave
anyone out as I say “THANKS”! We had quite
a few people making the baklava – thanks so much
to Frank and Karen, Bernice and Jack, Anna Wisner, Allison
Macropolis, Litsa Goulis, and Jeanne Haight. It all looked
beautiful and was so good (of course it was all taste
tested!!). Allison, Jeanne, and I packaged the baklava
and got it all ready to go – thanks for that help!
We ended up with about 114 containers of baklava. Thanks
to Venus for making some wonderful finikia for us –
people were buying that up as well! Jovanka Giric made
some fantastic cheese bread, whole wheat bread, and whole
wheat rosemary bread. Once everyone had a sample they
wanted to buy some! I made some Koulourakia and it sold
as well.
One
of the most wonderful things about the Farmer’s
Market Thursday was the amount of people that came to
support us and those who stayed and volunteered! We had
a great time and were really able to get to know each
other better, which was great! Thank you SO much to Bernice,
Allison, Litsa, Jeanne, Jovanka, Jinny, Carol, Venus,
Christina, and Anna (and her son Georgie!) for coming
by and for helping out! A special thanks to Sperry and
my husband Larry for coming to help us set up before it
started and for coming at the end of the day to help us
clean everything up! It was such a big help because we
were tired by the time 6:00 rolled around! I have to thank
Jeanne, Allison, and Jovanka because they were there with
me ALL afternoon working! Thanks to Carol and Jinny for
“taking to the street” with containers of
baklava and koulourakia trying to drum up business! We’ll
need you next month! Jinny and Carol were with us most
of the afternoon and I so appreciate the help! Bernice
also brought cookbooks and information about the church
and we actually had someone sign up to receive more information
about our church community!
The
Farmer’s Market is certainly not something that
one person can take on by themselves – you need
great people to work with. Everyone pitched in and helped,
from donating coolers, bringing tables, tablecloths, food,
and most importantly, giving their time to come together
to make this so successful. I look forward to next month
and being able to work with everyone again! If you were
not able to come by this past month, we will be at the
Farmer’s Market again the end of August and the
end of September. Please come join us – we really
had a great time!! If you are interested in baking or
helping out, please call me: (h): 342-3742 or (w): 342-4210
or email me at: bourniasb@yahoo.com.
Respectfully
submitted,
Beth Bournias